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Sarcophagus cover

Title Sarcophagus cover
Author Unknown
Publication Date: 1536
Publication Place Bukhara (made) -
Subject Architecture Death
Type Other
Language Undetermined
Digital Yes
Manuscript No
Physical Dimensions Height: 32cm, Length: 185cm, Width: 34.5cm, Weight: 218kg
Library: Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID 973-1901
Record ID 973-1901
Library Location Middle East Section
Date 1536
Notes This tomb-marker was placed in the tomb of Buyanquli Khan at Bukhara in Uzbekistan in the 16th century. The deep, detailed carving that covers the surface came into fashion in Central Asia in the period 1400 to 1450. It may have been inspired by Chinese carved lacquer brought as diplomatic gifts in this period. It is possible, too, that the stone itself originally resembled jade. Buyanquli Khan was a Muslim descendant of the great Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan. For a time he was the puppet ruler of parts of Central Asia. He was assassinated by a local warlord in 1358 when he tried to assert his own authority. A magnificent domed mausoleum was erected over his grave.
Sample Text الحكم لله لعلاTranslationJudgement belongs to God [...] (on high?).NoteThis inscription, in a very mannered version of the Eastern Kufic or New Style mode, is part of the decoration on the top of the piece., في الاواخر شهر رجب المرجب / سنة اثنى و اربعين و تسعمائة / من الهجرة النبويةTranslationIn the last [ten] days of the month of Rajab al-Murajjab in the year nine hundred and forty two since the Migration of the Prophet.NoteThis text in defective Arabic is carved in three lines, in the thuluth style, within a square panel at the foot of the stone. The last ten days of Rajab in AH 942 were equivalent to 15 to 24 January 1536.
Malzemeler ve teknikler Carved limestone Limestone Carving
Fiziksel açıklama Carved limestone tomb-marker, covered with a dense pattern of floral scrolls, a single pious admonition, and a date.
Üslup Chaghatayid Islamic
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Sarcophagus cover

Author Unknown
Publication Date 1536
Publication Place Bukhara (made) -
Subject Architecture Death
Type Other
Language Undetermined
Digital Yes
Manuscript No
Physical Dimensions Height: 32cm, Length: 185cm, Width: 34.5cm, Weight: 218kg
Library Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID 973-1901
Record ID 973-1901
Library Location Middle East Section
Date 1536
Notes This tomb-marker was placed in the tomb of Buyanquli Khan at Bukhara in Uzbekistan in the 16th century. The deep, detailed carving that covers the surface came into fashion in Central Asia in the period 1400 to 1450. It may have been inspired by Chinese carved lacquer brought as diplomatic gifts in this period. It is possible, too, that the stone itself originally resembled jade. Buyanquli Khan was a Muslim descendant of the great Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan. For a time he was the puppet ruler of parts of Central Asia. He was assassinated by a local warlord in 1358 when he tried to assert his own authority. A magnificent domed mausoleum was erected over his grave.
Sample Text الحكم لله لعلاTranslationJudgement belongs to God [...] (on high?).NoteThis inscription, in a very mannered version of the Eastern Kufic or New Style mode, is part of the decoration on the top of the piece., في الاواخر شهر رجب المرجب / سنة اثنى و اربعين و تسعمائة / من الهجرة النبويةTranslationIn the last [ten] days of the month of Rajab al-Murajjab in the year nine hundred and forty two since the Migration of the Prophet.NoteThis text in defective Arabic is carved in three lines, in the thuluth style, within a square panel at the foot of the stone. The last ten days of Rajab in AH 942 were equivalent to 15 to 24 January 1536.
Malzemeler ve teknikler Carved limestone Limestone Carving
Fiziksel açıklama Carved limestone tomb-marker, covered with a dense pattern of floral scrolls, a single pious admonition, and a date.
Üslup Chaghatayid Islamic
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